GAO Calls for Electronic Disposal Policy
The Government Accountability Office released a report Monday outlining potential dangers of improper disposal of computers and other electronics. The report recommended the White House Council on Environmental Quality, General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget draft a policy for electronic waste disposal. The report said the government disposes of around 10,000 [...]
The Office of Management and Budget extended a ban on the creation of new federal websites. Agencies have been mandated to take inventory of all their web domains and develop a plan of action for improvement by Oct. 11. The OMB directed this change through a memo sent on behalf of U.S. CIO Steven VanRoekel. [...]
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The confusion and uncertainty about the new Federal Information Security Management Act’s reporting tool many federal chief information officers experience may result in agencies missing a key deadline in adopting new cybersecurity reporting guidelines, according a recently published report. Only a small number of federal IT managers have used the new CyberScope, the new FISMA [...]
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White House officials recently announced the proposed abolishment of a decade-long ban on browser cookies after talks with public groups and privacy advocates. According to the Federal Register notice on the topic, the goal of the review is for the federal government to continue protecting the privacy of those visiting its websites while simultaneously making [...]
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